Prediction of Hearing Thresholds by Means of the Acoustic Reflex with Autistic and Normal Subjects
Description:
This study concerns audiometric evaluation and prediction of hearing loss in the autistic child based on information derived from acoustic reflex thresholds. Two groups (autistic males and normal children) of five subjects each were utilized. Results indicated that the acoustic reflex method consistently predicted significantly higher hearing thresholds for autistic subjects than operant pure-tone audiometric procedures. Furthermore, the acoustic reflex thresholds were significantly less sensit…
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Date:
August 1979
Creator:
Hutchison, Edward N.